Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK

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WGUS44 KTSA 220127
FLWTSA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
827 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013


...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA...

  ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR TAHLEQUAH AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY.

OKC021-220927-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FL.W.0012.130523T1600Z-130524T0300Z/
/TALO2.1.ER.130523T1600Z.130523T1800Z.130523T2100Z.NO/
827 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR TAHLEQUAH.
* FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
  CANCELLED.
* AT  700 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS  6.45 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR TAHLEQUAH IS EXPECTED TO RISE
  ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
  NEAR 11.1 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED
  TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OCCURS FROM CHEWEY BRIDGE
  DOWNSTREAM TOWARDS TAHLEQUAH.  FLOATING THE RIVER IS TOO HAZARDOUS
  DUE TO STRONG TURBULENCE.

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LAT...LON 3604 9498 3573 9498 3573 9487 3617 9472 3617 9485

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